As he marched alongside journalist Rosa Clemente, poet Jessica Care Moore and other civil rights activists and community members, Kweli and the group had an up close encounter with Ferguson police.

Here’s an excerpt of a statement released by Talib regarding Ferguson:

“The same U.S. government policies that arm the State of Israel have also turned police departments across the nation into localized military garrisons armed with sophisticated weapons aimed at citizens. As one Palestinian youth tweeted recently, “Made in USA teargas canister was shot at us a few days ago in #Palestine by Israel, now they are used in ‪#Ferguson‬.”

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